Short answer: Himmel takes the article der (der Himmel). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “sky” in English.
Himmel: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Sky
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Himmel take der?
No suffix rule covers Himmel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Himmel as something blue.
See the article rules →Himmel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Himmel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Himmel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Himmel |
